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Philippine-based illustrator and father of three.
His published works are MR. GRIEVES and ARKHAM WOODS for Seven Seas Entertainment, where each has been awarded in the 2007 and 2009 International Manga Award of Japan and LIAR'S KISS, a crime-noir graphic novel for Top Shelf Productions and many more.
He likes Jidaigeki and Zombie films.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

So I was bored and needed a break. I grabbed my pencil, made a few scribbles, took the penbrush from the holder and here I am minutes after.

I personally like the rough pencil version, which is now buried underneath all that ink. Should I have save the pencil then and inked on a different paper? Nah.

Maybe it's just me being more used to pencil and thin lines OR maybe because I totally messed up the inks. Anyway, I think this version has more volume to it and wtf, I'm just getting used to this technique and heck, I don't even know what I'm getting at here haha... IT'S JUST A DOODLE!

That said, I really love the expression on her face and my, my what pouting lips you have, Grandma...

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I was looking at some Psylocke images and thought of doing a version of her or maybe change the design as the character make sense to me. So, after some ridiculous brush strokes... voila, a mess! Anyway, I guess at least I did a decent job using the savage penbrush.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

I just finished another page for the book I'm working on for Seven Seas Entertainment. I wanted a coffee break from professional drawing so here's something I'm doing for a beginning Publisher for fun(?).

I'm still trying to bring out the Ashley Wood in me with this one, since I'm still so enthralled with how pretty, dynamic and brutal his work is. I know it ain't always smart to just be emulating someone else's style but until I figure out something that would keep me from getting burned out and bored with a single style or until I ended up with a style I can call my own (which ever comes first) then emulating's how it's gonna be.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Anyway, I did this sketch of Itto and Daigoro in just a couple of minutes so don't go ballistic if you see anything off haha. I also made Ogami Itto on the skinny side since Tomisaburo Wakayama's chubby physique just doesn't make sense to me.

I figure I should make a blog so I'll have a place to post personal sketches and other things that I felt should get some air, because I dont want to crowd my Deviantart gallery with raw and unfinished pieces since I use said gallery as portfolio and don't want clients to get the impression "Look at all the doodlings, Jhomar Soriano must be just some kid trying to land a job!", ha!

Anyway, soon as I figure out how to add images here, the sooner we'll start seeing stuffs.